Unsettling suburbia: The new landscape of oil and mortgage vulnerability in Australian cities Jago Dodson and Neil Sipe / Urban Research Program, Griffith University Posted: 26-08-2008 The devastating impact of soaring fuel and mortgage prices on Australian households is graphically revealed in the new Griffith University Urban Research Program VAMPIRE index. This paper describes the devastating impact of soaring fuel and mortgage prices on Australian households. The VAMPIRE index identifies the relative degree of socio-economic stress in suburbs in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.